By Olivia Jessup | Echo Sex, alcohol, pooping. These are the thoughts of Taylor students without a filter and without identification. There's a new app out taking campus by storm. It's called Yik Yak, and it functions something like an anonymous Twitter. In case you aren't already "yakking," the app ...
By Olivia Jessup | Echo If you've ever had the breaded tenderloin at Ivanhoe's then you may have experienced some of the best of Indiana, according to the Huffington Post. Huff Post recently posted an article detailing the top "must do" experience in each state across the U.S as decided by the editors ...
By Olivia Jessup | Echo The Marion Community School of the Arts (CSA) will be honoring the memory of Shey Harris Saturday through the Rejoice in Dance benefit for the Shey Harris Scholarship. Harris was a former dance student and teacher at CSA until she tragically passed away at age 20 in 2011, according ...
By Olivia Jessup | Echo When Hartford City resident Donald Smith heard that Katie Rich, owner of Common Grounds Coffee Shop, had high heat bills during the winter, he knew he wanted to do something to help. "They haven't had a lot of heat in there," Smith said. "It was a high efficiency furnace that ...
By Olivia Jessup | Echo February marks Black History Month, which focuses on diversity and the important roles blacks have played in American history. This month, the Black Student Union (BSU) will host a variety of events to raise awareness and knowledge about black history, connecting history, faith ...
By Olivia Jessup | Echo People from all over the local area gathered together in the chill of the early morning on Saturday, Feb. 8, to walk to raise money and awareness for homelessness. The Walk a Mile in My Shoes event happens each February to raise money and awareness about homelessness in Grant ...
By Olivia Jessup | Echo Everyone knows that if you mess with the bull, you get the horns. But that doesn't stop people from around the state from visiting Marion, Ind., every Friday night at 7:30 to watch as a number of people try to stay on a bull for as long as they can, risking injury or even death. "If ...
By Olivia Jessup | Echo The Grant County Economic Growth Council honored the winners of this year's Spirit of Entrepreneurship competition with an awards dinner on Thursday, Nov. 21. The competition aims to celebrate economic growth and business development that creates jobs for the community. The award ...
By Olivia Jessup | Echo Off State Road 5 is a house on a country road with horses, dogs, and a small wooden sign that reads, "Barb's Bits and Bytes." It's a computer repair shop run by Barb Kitts, who has a passion for computers. She began running the shop from home back in 2006 and has been operating ...
By Olivia Jessup | Echo The owners of JuJuBerry are opening a crepe restaurant in Marion this November. The restaurant, called Crepe Crazy, will serve paninis alongside homemade crepes. Stinson came up with the idea about two months ago and has been working on it with his family ever since. "We realized ...
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